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Johnny Cash
The Legend Of Johnny Cash: Volume II
Genres: Country, Pop, Rock, Christian & Gospel

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. There You Go - Johnny Cash, Cash, J.R.
2. Home of the Blues - Johnny Cash, Cash, J.R.
3. Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash, Clement, J.
4. The Ways of a Woman in Love - Johnny Cash, Justis, B.
5. I Still Miss Someone - Johnny Cash, Cash, J.R.
6. Don't Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash, Cash, J.R.
7. The Long Black Veil - Johnny Cash, Dill, D.
8. The Ballad of Ira Hayes - Johnny Cash, LaFarge, P.
9. It Ain't Me Babe - Johnny Cash, Dylan, B.
10. Girl from the North Country - Johnny Cash, Dylan, B.
11. Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash, Perkins, C.
12. Flesh and Blood - Johnny Cash, Cash, J.R.
13. The Night Hank Williams Came to Town - Johnny Cash, Braddock, B.
14. That Old Wheel - Johnny Cash, Pierce, J.
15. The Beast in Me - Johnny Cash, Lowe, N.
16. Unchained - Johnny Cash, Johnstone, J.
17. I Won't Back Down - Johnny Cash, Lynne, Jeff
18. I Hung My Head - Johnny Cash, Sting
19. Bird on a Wire [Live] - Johnny Cash, Cohen, L.
20. In the Sweet By and By - Johnny Cash, Traditional

CD Details

All Artists: Johnny Cash
Title: The Legend Of Johnny Cash: Volume II
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Island
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 8/27/2007
Genres: Country, Pop, Rock, Christian & Gospel
Styles: Bluegrass, Classic Country, Oldies & Retro, Country & Bluegrass
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 602517138407

Synopsis

Amazon.com

The legend of Johnny Cash has loomed even larger since his death, though this 20-cut anthology appears designed more to capitalize on that legend than enhance it. While it chronologically spans nearly half a century, the scattershot selection seems almost arbitrary: a few hits (though none of the biggest), a few lesser-known album cuts (though not necessarily his best), and a better sampling of the career-reviving recordings he made with producer Rick Rubin that reestablished him as an alt-rock icon. Among the highlights are the irresistibly cheesy "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" from his early Sun Records days, the socially conscious "Ballad of Ira Hayes" (the Marine whose story is told so movingly in Flags of Our Fathers), and a live, fully orchestrated rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on a Wire." This might fill a gap for those who want to go deeper into the Cash legacy than a greatest-hits collection but aren't ready to splurge on a definitive box set. --Don McLeese

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CD Reviews

Well selected career-spanning single disc

hyperbolium | Earth, USA | 11/21/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This 20-track collection is a good follow-up to last year's volume one. Both offer up seminal Cash sides, from his early days at Sun through his golden years at Columbia, his stay at Mercury in the '80s and his career capping sides for American. Both volumes also sandwich themselves in the narrow space between single-disc hit collections and deeper anthologies like 1992 and 2002's "Essential" titles, 2000's thematic "Love, God, Murder," 2005's 4-disc "The Legend," or Bear Family's oppressive triple-shot of box sets.

Both single-disc "Legend" volumes sample from the entire length of Cash's career, which means that they necessarily short-change any one phase, and leave out some seminal album releases. What you get instead is a sketch - rather than a full-color picture - of Cash's artistic arc, from slap-back echo at Sun through his righteous songs of the man in black, and finishing with stark, folk-styled renditions recorded with Rick Rubin for the American label.

Cash's fans may find this selection of tracks to be scattershot, duplicative of discs they already own, or unrepresentative of their particular favorites. But fans with deep Cash collections aren't the audience for this release. Instead, the songs have been selected and sequenced to make a compelling spin for new converts, those inspired by Cash's passing and subsequent biopic. And for these new fans, the Legend discs provide a good introduction to Cash's vast catalog that provides a bird's eye view from which to zoom in on specific eras or styles. [©2006 hyperbolium dot com]"

Does it get better than this?

Steven Mcclintock | Los Angeles | 12/29/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The fans of Johnny Cash that have not picked up this CD are really missing the boat. No it didn't get the hype that the Volume 1 got for sure, but it is equally amazing if not better. Tracks like That Old Wheel jump out as VINTAGE Cash. Also the pain and beauty of the Rick Rubin productions just shine on this CD.

Even if you arent a Cash fan...I can't imagine not 'getting' what this CD is saying...it is brilliant!"